it is a turbulent 24 hours ahead. heavy rains tonight and tomorrow freezing temperatures and slick roads. over. good evening, i'm mark suppelsa. i'm micah materre. severe weather is our top story, seen around the country tonight on wgn america. wgn's tom skilling is monitoring it all from the weather center tonight. . > we are getting a much clearer picture of nature's second act in this unusual play. extraordinary record-breaking temperatures today. 63 degrees. smashed the old record set 99 years ago in 1914. it was as warm as 65 degrees today in wheaton. there have only been

10 days warmer than this in many many years. winter storm warnings to the west and tornado watches and warnings to the south. we will stack up about 226 but other areas will get more. this is on the ground and it is frozen below the systemsurface. and it has nowhere to go but to run off. here is the next act. temperatures are dieting in the west. precipitation changes to snow to the west. you can see this rain at midnight and the morning rush hour and the rain snow line is three here. we could get accumulating snow

tomorrow afternoon. we have some thoughts on how many inches and we will be back with that in this broadcast. things are slow with reports of 60 minute delays at the airport. you've heard of fire drills. tornado drills. about a gun massacre drill? in the wake of the sandyhook school shootings in connecticut, a northwest suburban high school is planning to run a very realistic preparedness drill tommorow. that's where wgn's sean lewis picks up our story. as students left the high school this afternoon the talk of tomorrow's drill was already on their minds. > we are doing a code red, which is a lockdown. . > this senior is ready for the coat read drill which will put the school on a simulated

lockdown for 20 minutes. not simulate it will be the gunfire they hear. police officers will use blanks so that students can hear what a real gunshot sounds like. > supposedly the teachers do it on it today and they are ready. we have never done a drill like this. code yellow but who knows? just in case, in case something happens. we have seen what happens. we do not know. > it is the first time this district has used the gunfire in this type of drill. students locked inside their classrooms and an announcement is made. > there will be simulated gunfire in order to help our students and staff know what it sounds like coming from another part of the building. should an active scenario shooter take place there will be able to identify that as quickly as possible. . > reactions from stoodparents is

mixed. some do not understand why this drill dealing with the potential of gun violence has to use the gun to make the point. > it is not to shock anyone. it is purely to let them know what it might sound like down the hallway from where they might be. we plan for fire drills and tornadoes. for instance during a fire drill one might have a simulation of fire where you go to one door you normally use and there will be a block there and students told to go somewhere else. but there is no way to do that without having the sound. > counselors will be there to talk about anyone who has trouble with the drill. a letter sent home to parents encourages parents to talk to students about their feelings. now living in a world where a fire drill seems to be a lesson from years

gone by. two fatal shootings in chicago this afternoon.. one involving a 15-year old girl who had just left king college prep school. her name: hadiya pendleton a sophomore at king who went with friends after class to a park on 45th and oakenwald avenue. she was shot in the back about three blocks away from the school. a 16-year old boy was wounded in the shooting. an armed man ran toward the group of people she was with and opened fire before running away. earlier, around noon, a shooting at 75th and champlain took the life of devin common. his mother telling reporters he's her second son to die by gun violence in chicago. two other men with him were shot and wounded. chicago police superintendent garry mccarthy reflected on today's shootings saying this: i am not pleased with this. the fact is we've will continue to refine our strategies and i need to draw a distinction between strategy and the structure of the department which is the method of delivery of the

strategy which is what everyone has been talking about we will rollout a couple more strategies quickly because we have officers we are freeing up from behind desks. yesterday mccarthy was one of a dozen or so big city police chiefs and sheriffs who were summoned to the white house where president obama asked them to urge lawmakers on capitol hill to pass an assault weapons ban, as well as a ten bullet limit on magazine clips. a north suburban school bus driver lost control of her vehicle and slammed into cars over a nine-block stretch of road. the driver suffered some kind of medical emergency around two-thirty this afternoon near oakton and milwaukee in niles. the bus swerved into opposite lanes, hitting five cars, forcing one off the road and into a house. there weren't any students on the bus, and no one was seriously hurt. charged with raping two loyola university students in their dorm rooms, 18-year old colin kennedy, a freshman from california. both victims knew him. prosecutors say he told each victim he was locked out of his dorm room and then spent the night with them. that's when

they say the rapes occured. kennedy is studying international business. he's now being held on 300-thousand dollar bond. still ahead: hours from his release. as former governor george ryan prepares to leave prison, a look back at the case that sent him there. last night, it was a group of bi-partisan senators, now the president unveils his version of immigration reform. what he'll do if congress fails to act. chicago's bedbug problem is tops in the nation. what aldermen are doing.

at this time tomorrow night former governor george ryan will be out of prison, released after serving more than five years for political corruption. wgn's julie unruh has been covering his legal case from the very beginning. she joins us live with a look at how the he went from the governor's mansion to a federal pprison and now a half-way house. julie? before heading home to kankakee, george ryan must first report to a halfway house in chicago. he may be here just a few weeks or a couple of months before home confinement is a consideration. but how did he get here? it all

he could have spent the twilight of his life with family. he was a man at the top of this game preceding world wide attention for his moratorium on executions like and for commuting his game receiving worldwide attention for his 1999 moratorium on executions in illinois and for commuting more than 160 death sentences in 2003. instead, that same year, after leaving the governors office, ryan was dodging cameras endlessly-he found himself in and out of court on racketeering and fraud charges that would scar his reputation, empty his savings, and ruin his retirement years because george ryan wanted a trial. he hired friend and powerhouse defense attorney dan webb to represent him. the 2005 i am absolutely not guilty of those charges. the 2005 trial lasted about 7 months. in that time defendant ryan declined to testify, but more than a hundred witnesses

were marched in and out of court to tell their version of the licenses for bribes scandal that plagued illinois. ryans former chief of staff scott fawell took the stand. so did countless others including former republican senator phil gramm. in his testimony, the one-time presidential hopeful referred to ryan as a political prostitute. i am hoping the result is the truth comes out to ... two people who did not take the stand: rev. scott willis and his wife janet. the parents, who on november 8, 1994, voted to re-elect george ryan before hitting the road with six of their children in their van. that van burst into flames killing all six kids aboard and setting off the 'operation safe roads' investigation that would, in the end, bring down george ryan. the truck driver involved in the accident got his license illegally through ryans secretary of state office. the lengthy trial was complicated by questionable jury deliberations, giving ryan, or so he thought grounds for appeal. in the end illinois 39th governor was guilty on all counts and he was forced to served his full sentence, getting out early this week for good behavior. by his side everyday in court, ryans loyal wife, lura lynn. she was frail but present, supportive in every

way. when george ryan said goodbye to civilian life in november of 2007, he also said goodbye to his wife of 50 years. in june of 2011, lura lynn died while ryan was serving time. this week, george ryan will re-enter society here at the salvation army on chicagos near west side. far from a fresh start for inmate #16627- 424, more like the end of a very sad chapter. several chicago aldermen are looking to crackdown on what they're calling a public nuisance. bedbugs. two city council committees considered today a proposal that would make landlords responsible for hiring licensed professionals to terminate bedbug infestations. those who dont, would face fines of up to one-thousand dollars a day. condo and co-op boards would also have to prepare pest management plans. tenants would have to notify landlords if

theres a bedbug problem. i think the ordinance as it sits now is one-sided forcing the property management to do everything and there is no responsibility built in for tenants they don't want it to get worse and it is important that we be proactive and get something on the books. there are lots of other cities that do have ordinances and i think it is important that chicago does as well. orkin pest control recently said it does more bed bug treatments in chicago than any other city. if the city council ends up passing the measure, it would go into effect in ten days. next: president obama lays out his plan for immigration reform. what chicagoans think about the president's proposed path to citizenship. also, the police department at the center of the trayvon martin case looking to hire a new chief from chicago's northwest suburbs.

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battalions chinese japanese west indians, the huddled masses who came through ellis island on one coast and angel island on the other. those folks before they were cross, and they were them. the president said if congress is unable to act in a timely fashion, he'll propose his own immigration legislation and demand lawmakers vote on it. he wants a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. he made his pitch in las vegas today. cooperation from republicans for immigration reform is suddently looking possible as latinos with voting power rejected gop candidates in the november election. not everyone agrees with the president comparing immigration reform to amnesty for those who've broken the law. but in this city of immigrants, chicagoans gathered to hear obama's speech. wgn's julian crews was with them to listen to what the president had to say. they are the faces of chicago's immigrant community, people of all colors and backgrounds from many parts of the world listening carefully to the president's words.

"we saw a very brave president of the united states." there's broad agreement with obama's view on immigraton here at casa michoacan, a non-profit cultural orgnaization in chicago's pilsen neighborhood, a community that's long been a refuge to newcomers. at the nearby mujeres latinas en accion organization which means, "latin women in action," there's cautious optimism that the tide has turned when it comes to immigration reform. we have been very hopeful. soon after the election it was clear where the latino community stood and what was important for the latino community. we are hopeful this is moving forward for so many reasons, others argue, the time for change is here. "it's morally right. economically sound and politically smart." for lawrence benito, head of the illinois coalition for immigrant and refugee rights immigration reform is long

overdue. but he agrees with the president's view that the time has come to fix the broken immigration system. a system that in the case of foreign graduate students sends them away when their visas expire. "we're giving them all the skills but then we turnaround and tell them you have to leave. take your skills to china to mexico or someplace else." if there's a concern with obama's vision and the plan being discussed by members of the us senate, it's the demand that the borders be secured before imigraton reform moves forward. immigrant activists fear it delay progress for many years and extend the suffering of many immigrant families. deportations are happening right now. 1,00 families a day are impacted. how long the path to citizenship when it finally happens?

but it's not just latino families anxious about what's to come. billy lawless is here. the chairman of the chicago celts for immigration reform says he's hoping and praying for change. we need the momentum to keep going and good people to do what is right because it is the right thing to do. the florida town that jumped into the spotlight when a man on community watch shot a black teenager has found its new police chief and it's a chicagoland cop. cecil e. smith elgin's deputy chief, has been offered the job of sanford police chief. that city's former chief was fired last year in response to how police handled the investigation of the trayvon martin shooting. smith started his career in elgin as a patrol officer in 1988. coming up in the medicial watch: hope for those suffering from a debilitating disease. one family's struggle with sickel cell anemia and how a new

treatment may help end their suffering. mission accomplished. an iraq war veteran who lost both his arms in iraq, now hopeful after a successful double arm transplant. and a taste of home shipped out to troops overseas just in time for superbowl sunday.

a possible cure for a debilitating disease. a new take on an old treatment may put an end to their suffering. it is a social issue and a medical issue. the cost of the family's

involvement is very real. it is sickle cell anemia. an inherited defect in red blood cells. the sickle shaped cells are blocked from distributing oxygen. if fax other organs. the major symptoms are pain. his hands and feet had swollen and i took him to the hospital and he saidthey said sickle cell anemia. i had never heard of that. it took the lives of two of her sons. i have sickle cell ... one databanks next day not being able to even walk. diagnosed at eight months he has struggled with sickle cell for more than 20 years.

the majority of the pain hits me in my legs and back. to be a young kid and not be able to play with other kids is awful. it was mental torture. it was hard pyrrhic devastating to watch your kid and you cannot do anything. doctors have little to offer. blood transfusions help but only temporarily. when a stem cell transplants study showed promise a doctor took notice they've reported that they could do it ... without chemotherapy. the used healthy donors cells that gradually take over the recipients blown bulb marrow to produce normal red blood cells. traditionally it starts with chemotherapy to kill off the patient's own cells and preparation to accept the new one. the process is considered

too dangerous for people with sickle cell who already have organ damage. but the study used a less toxic drug in place of chemotherapy. the results were amazing. a very large patient population with sickle cell and we open trial spirit that is when the brothers jumped in but they needed a compatible donor. they turned to a big brother and doctors tested his blood. he is not just to match but he is a perfect match for both brothers. so far follow of blood tests have been impressive and surprising the red cells are completely from the donor. the sickle cells decline. eager to spread the news of his success he wrote a song to educate others about his experience. his mother is simply

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we have been talking about rain and flooding. quite a bit of flooding. does not look like rain right now. but we certainly had rain today. the 100 block of north avenue. we have a change to the cold side coming. arctic air. big changes coming. the first indication is how much snow we will get in the transition tomorrow. we leave the brain and go to that spirit. these shots show

of the heavy rain today. meanwhile in barrington look at these daffodils poking through the ground in today's unseasonable warmth. enjoy that warm because because it is cooling down in the western suburbs. there is the rain in the time lapse camera but is listedthis leads to a big temperature dropped. from 63 to - 2 at o'hare. that is by friday morning. it will take us three days to achieve the full impact of that drop. but that will be a change around here after april like temperatures including our 63 degree high today. we missed

the all-time record high by just four degrees. even madison wisconsin had a record. an inch at midway has broken the record for the day. look at what is coming with bitterly cold air. these lower temperatures across the continent. kansas city is 31 degrees colder and that is on the march. the changing trendsjet stream. will talk about the stalled that will be produced tomorrow. and look at this big ice pack as the arctic air dives into the center of the country. we wait to rain tomorrow and

then a mix of snow late morning or afternoon. accumulating snow is possible in the afternoon. the big picture tonight. rain is still feeding in chicago. the snow transition going on on the backside. about 2 in. of rain, the biggest brain or moisture a dent in 10 months. and there's more to go tonight. we have standing water already and imagine it after ours more of rain. you add this to what we have down already and you get an idea how much rain will come down. lake geneva and the city well over an inch. the rain is stacking up and watch what happens. midnight and 3:00 a.m.. a temporary pause. light rain in the morning. the rain snow line

is south of the city by lunchtime. then the snow comes in after that. this ability tonight is low. fog and hayes with this rain. a secondary flow will develhow much rain will get. we have rain in here at lunch time and in the afternoon of lingering snow that may last until 9:00 p.m.. here is our model. you can see a couple inches of snow in the city but north and west towards rock built and james bell, five or more inches will come down. in eastern iowa northwest of illinois near stevenson county, there could be a half feet of snow. in wisconsin 11 in. near travis city according to our model. it is cooling down in the

suburbs. west southwest winds will turn to the north and cool the humidity. humidity is one person under% 9.100 percent tonight. the high temperatures thursday. thursday night we are near zero and with wind chills. we drop to 11 tomorrow evening and below zero tomorrow night and just above zero thursday. look at the wind chills for friday. almost 20 degrees below zero. it goes from about as warm as you get in january to moderately cold by jan. standards and that is a big change. a flood watch continues until 4:00 a.m.. waves of downpours will continue. but it looks like the threat of

lightening will decrease. lower temperatures 37 and when shipping northwest to 23. rain redevelops in the morning and changes to snow in the afternoon. high of 37 early fall into the 20s with northwest winds. snowy. blustery march night. mostly cloudy when the and calder thursday with snow showers or flurries and a high of 18. untraded services will go to ice because it looks like we go to below freezing mid day. and expect ice and there may be a layer of snow on top of that. a real picnic. coming up: hillary clinton's exit interview. what she now says about a 2016 presidential run. and the return of the twinkie. a possible deal.

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getting clinton's thoughts on a 2016 presidential run. i am not thinking about anything like that right now. i am looking forward to finishing my tenure as secretary of state ... and then catching up on sleep deprivation. clinton says here biggest regret is the terrorist attack in benghazi, libya, where three americans were killed and her desire to correct proceedures to prevent similar situations in the future. her last day at the state department is friday. senator john kerry will take her place as secretary. as expected, massachusetts senator john kerry was overwhelmingly approved by the senate to be the next secretary of state. the senate voted 94-3 to approve the democrat with bipartisan tributes and a few words of caution. he'll take over for hillary clinton on friday, becoming the 68th u.s. secretary of state and the first white male to hold the post since warren christopher in 1997. the three republicans who voted against kerry's nomination were republican texas senators john cornyn and ted cruz and senator james inhofe

of oklahoma. transportation secretary ray lahood announced today he's planning to resign. his departure is the latest of several changes in president obama's cabinet since winning re-election. the former republican congressman from illinois brought a bi-partisan element to the obama administration. the president issued a statement thanking lahood for his dedication, hard work, and years of service to the american people. secretary lahood said he'll stay on the job until his replacement is confirmed. it took 16 doctors an 13 hours of surgery but an iraq war vet who lost both his arms in combat has a new lease on life. brendan marrocco is just the 7th person in the united states to undergo a rare double arm transplant surgery. he lost his arms and legs in 2009 when an armored vehicle he was driving was hit by a roadside explosion in iraq. marrocco says the surgery is like a new beginning for his life. it has given me a lot of hope

for the future. i feel like i am getting a second chance to start over after i got hurt. the complicated surgery done at johns hopkins hospital involved taking limbs from a deceased person and attatching them to morrocco. he does not have full feeling in his new arms, but he can already text and comb his hair. morrocco says he is most looking forward to driving his dodge charger. incredible. no bears in the super bowl but a taste of chicago is heading to thousands of american troops stationed overseas for the big game. 21,000 deep dish pizzas are on their way to afghanistan and kuwait. governor pat quinn helping with the send-off at the thompson center. the non- profit pizzas-4-patriots teaming with d-h-l express to deliver the pizzas. everyone thanking donors for their generosity. the letters and e-mail's and donations we got. this past weekend we were hit really big from all across the country and that is why we can't be here

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twinkie sources? a lot of people will be happy they are not going away. people remember 1967 with the big blizzard coming two days after 60 degrees to port. they worry about the stuff that follows the spirit we looked at the 21 january years in the last 143 is in which there were 60 degree temperatures. within one week there was measurable snow in those years. half of those it produced at least 1 in. of snow. 12 of the 21. 6 in. or more fall. and such what will come to an end. the cold is knifing into the country. we have more rain to go tonight but tomorrow the transition takes place from rain to snow in the afternoon. it calls now into the evening

rush-hour and several hours beyond we switch models to show you there is consistency. this is our in-house model forecasting how much snow. it shows the southern suburbs as is typically the case, they have less snow on the way that we do in the city and even less than the northwest suburbs will. heavier amounts in eastern iowa. and in wisconsin. 37 degrees and falling into the 20s tomorrow. 184 thursday dropping to - 2 at o'hare airport. only 16 for the high friday and that may be generous. 27 saturday pyrrhic more white snow friday night and perhaps saturday. winter weather bette to smack us in the face after our 63 degree day

today. the only thing in the chicago sky today was rain. but in sarasota there was a flying wallenda 180 feet in the sky. daredevil nik wallenda tip toed his way across highway 41 without a safety wire or net. all he had was a long 45 pound balancing pole. members of the wallenda family have been performing feats like this for decades. you may remember this wallenda from his historic walk across niagara falls last year. coming up. the blackhawks improvement in two key areas has a lot to do with their undefeated start. and if the 49ers and ravens are answering questions about everything but the super bowl it must be media day. dan roan is next with sports. [ washer and dryer sounds ]

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there were two reasons why the hawks were undefeated. dan should tell us more about that. they win their first six then get the boot from their own building. so the hawks now have a half-dozen on the road, starting tomorow night at minnesota. the wild are playing well, the hawks also get vancouver and san jose on this trip. so they've got their work cut out for 'em. one final skate at johnny's before jumping on a plane this afternoon. corey

crawford's been outstanding in goal over these first six, but the real story has been the power play and the penalty kill. special teams were a soft spot a year ago but the hawks are inside the top ten with the man advantage and on the pk with michael frolik and marcus kruger leading the way, 23 stops in 24 tries. playing unbelievable and getting much more minutes than before. we have more energy playing five on five and the strategy is really good and everybody feels comfortable in the brawl role i think it guys take pride in filling that goal and expectations, long that determine how effective you are. and if the hawks are kicked out of the u-c, the bulls are, too. their trip is also six games and the bulls are playing ten of their next twelve away from

home. after a walk-though today,they're in milwaukee tomorrow night. no hard practice, so nothing new on the status of d-rose, but there's a lot of buzz in the locker room about jimmy butler who had a career high last night with 19 against the bobcats and his teammates want jimmy buckets at the all-star game. in the dunk contest. i take every day ... try to get into the dunk contest. the helper would be the little man on our team. our biggest strength. i am a smart guy. i could come up with updunks to watch for years and years to come. anyone watching the nba. if you want to see good things, put jimmy in the dunk contest.

the war on i-74, illinois state at bradley and the redbirds were cruising early. upstairs they go to jackie carmichael, it was 25 to 9 at one point but the braves slowly reeled isu in, and in the second half after one of the birds' 23 turnovers, jake eastman gave bradley the lead and the braves win in peoria, 83-77. that hurt. northwestern gets number one michigan tomorrow. a-rod's among a group of baseball players reportedly dispensed p-e-ds from a florida clinic, and the yankees are trying to void his contract. and if it's tuesday of super bowl week it must be media day. the niners and the ravens at the superdome, they actually sold tickets to this, and a lot people actually bought 'em. the big news, ray lewis denying he used deer-antler spray to help recover from his biceps injury. i thought everybody used that stuff. there were thoughtful questions, stupid questions, and challenging questions. what do you say the race to the 50 yd line?

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